Art has come a long way in time from the early prehistoric art through the Classical period and then into the Renaissance, all the way to where we are now, art has evolved with the times. ... The term Renaissance is applied to the period in the history of Western Europe in the early 1300s the extended through the late 1500s. ... This term describes the radical and comprehensive changes that took place in European culture, bring about the demise of the Middle Ages and embodying for the first time the values of the modern world. ... "The elegant and melodious lines of his composition possess ...

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In May 1519 Leonardo da Vinci, his old rival, died at the age of 67. Raphael, his young rival, died at the age of only 37 in April 1520. The three names whose names together defined the High Renaissance, Michelangelo was the only one left at the age of 45. ... He was wrong, 45 was middle age for him as he died when he was 90. ... He worked on a pieta that was very different from the one he originally created from 1498- 1500 in his early twenties. ...

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The middle class consisted of shopkeepers and professionals. ... People started to speak Italian by the early 1700's. ... When the middle ages ended, cities, and buildings were all small with nearly no color or life to them. ... Without many important people or advancements in early technology society would not be as advanced as it is today. ...

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This showed us the power and influence the Church had during this era, although it had much less power than it did in the Middle Ages. ... From an early age, he began to paint (under the guidance of Verrochio). ... His most significant achievement was the development of the telescope, which he used to prove Copernicus's theories (which were constructed 70 years earlier) that the Earth rotates the sun, and not vice versa, as was the popular opinion and the theory supported by the Church. ...

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In the Middle Ages, people forgot the Greek language and debased the Latin; in the Renaissance people learned to read Greek once more and reformed the Latin that they read, wrote, and spoke. During the age of the Renaissance new energy seemed to be available for creating beautiful things and thinking new thoughts. ... It wasn't until early 1537 that Jane became pregnant. ... She was seeking the company of handsome young man closer to her own age. ... "Elizabeth was a queen of england in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centries, a brilliant and craft ruler who presided over th...

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Popes of the Roman Catholic Church ruled the middle section. ... Leonardo's early fascination with nature clearly inspired the paintings he would create as an adult. ... By the age of 21 Leonardo was a skilled painter, Verrocchio permitted him to help with an important painting of the Baptism of Christ. ...

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